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''The Running Man'' is a 1987 {{Dystopian}} sci-fi action film directed by Creator/PaulMichaelGlaser. It is a ''very'' loose adaptation of the [[Literature/TheRunningMan novel of the same name]] by Richard Bachman (aka Creator/StephenKing). It stars Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MariaConchitaAlonso, Richard Dawson, Creator/YaphetKotto, [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL Hall of Famer]] [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Jim Brown]], Dweezil Zappa, Wrestling/JesseVentura, and Creator/RodgerBumpass in a cameo role as Phil Hilton.
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''The Running Man'' is a 1987 {{Dystopian}} sci-fi action film directed by Creator/PaulMichaelGlaser. It is a ''very'' loose adaptation of the [[Literature/TheRunningMan novel of the same name]] by Richard Bachman (aka Creator/StephenKing). It stars Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger, Creator/MariaConchitaAlonso, Richard Dawson, Creator/YaphetKotto, [[UsefulNotes/NationalFootballLeague NFL Hall of Famer]] [[UsefulNotes/NFLOffensivePlayers Jim Brown]], Dweezil Zappa, Wrestling/JesseVentura, [[Music/FleetwoodMac Mick Fleetwood]] and Creator/RodgerBumpass in a cameo role as Phil Hilton.
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* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Discussed when Richards briefly crosses paths with Amber and a female work colleague while being escorted to the ''Running Man'' studio. The colleague notes to Amber that she's lucky that Richards didn't kill her, rape her, or rape and kill her (in either order)... in a tone of voice that heavily suggests she finds the idea of submitting sexually to Richards quite the turn-on.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Killian and the Stalkers, initially. In reality, the Stalkers are (almost all) despicable psychopaths, while Killian is an abusive and corrupt BadBoss. Both carefully keep their dark sides off camera, and the viewers love them.
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* SissyVillain: Killian.
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* SissyVillain: Killian. He's the movie's NonActionBigBad, and upon seeing the footage of Richards escaping from prison, he ''really'' admires his appearance in a manner that borders on EatingTheEyeCandy, commenting "Hello, gorgeous!" and asking "Look at that mother move, huh? Is he beautiful?", on top of addressing to him as "Cutie Pie" when they meet in person.
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* TheCakeIsALie: As the corpses of last season's "winners" demonstrate.
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* TheCakeIsALie: As There's no way to legitimately win the offered full parole, as the corpses of last season's "winners" demonstrate.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: [=ICS=] ''live'' by this trope, with the biggest prizes on their shows unlikely to get paid out since the contestants don't survive to collect. The Running Man especially offers a no-strings-attached parole, except what they don't tell the contestants, innocent or otherwise, is that [=ICS=] make them just strong enough, in theory, to last long enough to make good television, and have never paid out the prize.
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*** Convincing Amber that they're lying when they mention the non-existent bloodbath at the airport.
*** Not deleting or securing the footage of Ben Richards trying to ''save'' the victims of the Bakersfield Massacre.
*** Not deleting or securing the footage of Ben Richards trying to ''save'' the victims of the Bakersfield Massacre.
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*** Convincing Amber that they're lying when they mention the non-existent bloodbath at the airport.
airport, because Amber was a surviving witness.
*** Not deleting or properly securing the footage of Ben Richards trying to ''save'' the victims of the BakersfieldMassacre.Massacre, because of the fact it proves his entire criminal record is in doubt.
*** Not deleting or properly securing the footage of Ben Richards trying to ''save'' the victims of the Bakersfield
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** Even though Richards was already thoroughly discredited as "The Butcher of Bakersfield", the government still insists on making up murders at the airport where he was captured. This is what convinces Amber (who was his hostage at the airport and ''knows'' he didn't kill anyone there) that he was framed and ultimately causes her to discover the truth. Keeping the unedited footage around was pretty dumb, too.
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** Even though Richards was already thoroughly discredited as "The Butcher of Bakersfield", the government still insists on making up murders at the airport where he was captured. This is what convinces Amber (who was his hostage at the airport and ''knows'' he didn't kill anyone there) that he was framed and ultimately causes her to discover the truth. truth.
** Keeping the unedited footage around was pretty dumb,too.too, allowing Ben Richards to be effectively acquitted on live television, and whatever legalese is in his contract likely meant everyone he killed prior to leaving the studio can't be prosecuted.
** Keeping the unedited footage around was pretty dumb,
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Richards' faked death at the hands of Captain Freedom.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Richards' faked death at the hands of the equally fake Captain Freedom. Freedom.
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* SwissArmySecurity: Richards and his friends manage to escape from the labor camp mainly thanks to Weiss spying the codes of the [[ExplosiveLeash explosive leashes]]' perimeter from the laptop of a guard doing his job in the open where prisoners work. Also applies to Amber easily sneaking into the secret ICS room where she gets the unedited footage of the Bakersfield Massacre before being caught.
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* SwissArmySecurity: SwissCheeseSecurity: Richards and his friends manage to escape from the labor camp mainly thanks to Weiss spying the codes of the [[ExplosiveLeash explosive leashes]]' perimeter from the laptop of a guard doing his job in the open where prisoners work. Also applies to Amber easily sneaking into the secret ICS room where she gets the unedited footage of the Bakersfield Massacre before being caught.
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* SwissArmySecurity: Richards and his friends manage to escape from the labor camp mainly thanks to Weiss spying the codes of the [[ExplosiveLeash explosive leashes]]' perimeter from the laptop of a guard doing his job in the open where prisoners work. Also applies to Amber easily sneaking into the secret ICS room where she gets the unedited footage of the Bakersfield Massacre before being caught.
